Wind-shield.



0. R. CLARK.

WIND SHIELD.

. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 24, 1913. 1,093,9Y4. Patented Apr. 21, 1914;

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

INVENTOH' [ark G. R. CLARK.

WIND SHIELD.

APPLICATION FILED T32R24, 191s.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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CHARLES ROCK'WELL CLARK, OF PLAINVILLE,CONNECTICUT.

WIND-ESHIELD.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914..

Application filed February 24, 1913. Serial No. 750,087.

To all whom it may com-cm Be it known that I, CHARLES l3. Chink, a citizen of the United States of America, and residing at; Plainville, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful lm irovemcnts in ind-Shields, of which the following is n specification.

T he object of my invention to provide a wind shield for auton'iobilcs and the like vehicles which will effectively protect the occupants of the rear seat of the vehicle and which will not he in the way at any time. Y invention accordingly consists in l mounting the supportfor the shield upon the seat of the vehicle at a point in between the hack cushion and the edge of the seat ushion, where it will be at the side of and out of the way of the person occupying the seat, and in securing the shield member upon this support in such a way that it may be set in any desired angular relation and held in such position.

Another feature of the invention resides in the use of a sup 'iorting bracket which is fixedly secured to the seat or other part of the body, and a post which carries the shield. pro er and is detachahly connected to thebrackct, so that by these means the shield may be readily mounted and unmounted, u.

Vere cons sts in supporting the at a. point intermediate its pointof support nearer the rear end than to the front end so that the greater part of the shield member will extend forwardly of the support.

A further novel feature is a method of mounting the shield member which consists in holding it in between pairs of inwardly extending clamping fingers of a supporting frame, the. frame being cut away at points between the fingers of a pair,".to render such linger more or-less springy for the purpose of yicldingly gripping the edges of the shield.

Another feature of the invention is a. special form of clamp for detachably securing the shield-carrying post upon the supporting bracket and still another feature is a special holding device for securing the shield in any angular relation to which it may be adjusted.

Various other features will appear as the In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated my invention in a concrete and preferred form but I would have it understood that various changes and modificar tions may be made therein without departing from the true scope and spirit of the invention.

Figure 1, a longitudinal sectional view' illustrating the application of my invention to an automobile, and showing two different" positions of the wind shield. F 2, is a plan view. I ig. 3, is an enlarged broken view partly in section of the shieldsupQ porting means. Fig. 4, is a detached perspectivc view of the supporting bracket and the clamping member for dctachably se-' curing the post upon this bracket. Fig. 5,

is a sectional view of the frame which car-- ries the shield proper, this view being taken substantially on the line 5-5 of Fig. 1.

The shield proper is designated 10. This is prefcably transparent and is therefore usually in the form of a flat piece of com paratively heavy plate glass. The shape of the-shield may vary but it is preferably made longer than'it is wide, substantially in the proportions shown.

The shield is sup-f ported so as to liesubstantially in front of!" the face of the occupant the vehicle and is made able so that shield himselfto best advantage. And in order that the supporting means for the of the rear seat of angularly adjustthe occupant may turn it to' shield. shall not interfere with the usual and l ordinary occupancy of the seat it is profcrably secured to the seat and disposed in between the back cushion and the edge of the seat cushion.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I have illustrated two preferred arrangements of the shield, the numeral 11 there indicating the rear seat of the car, 12 the back CilSl'll()ll,'2lll(l 13 the seat cushion. The preferred form of supporting means is also shown in this view, it consist- Jug essentially of a supporting bracket it which is secured-fast to the seat and a shield-carrying post 15 which is dctachably secured to the bracket. The upstanding supporting bracket is preferably made in one piece with a wide flat base 16 secured to the seat with screws 17 or like fastcnings and with a' downturncd hoolu-d portion 18 on its upper end. Also the upstanding portion of the bracket is preferably inclined more or less as indicatedat '19 to fit in closely against the base of the bath or arm cushion so as. not to interfere with the seat Ice cushion being pushed all the way back to where it belongs.

The post- 15 is preferably in the form of a hollow column and it is secured to the bracket preferably by means of a clutch member which engages the hook 18 on the bracket. To afford a firm seat for the post upon the bracket, the post is preferably provided with a foot or base 22 having a ledge 23 resting on top of the bracket and a part 24 extending downwardly into engagement with one side of the bracket and the clutch member 21 made with a flat toe portion 25 engaging the opposite side of the bracket. To secure a wedging engagement between the clutch member and the hook on the bracket, the clutch member 91 is preferably made with an inclined wedging surface 26 which engages directly with the point of the hook. The clutch member is in the case illust 'ated operated by a nut 97, in the upper end of the post, which engages with a screw rod 98 connected at the lower end to the clutch member. The screw rod is shown fixedly connected to the clutch member by means of a transverse key or pin 29, which engages the head portion 30 of such member, this head portion being received in a suitable recess 31 provided for that purpose in the base of the post.

The preferred form of adjustable mounting for the shield member is best. illustrated in Fig. 3, wherein the post.is shown as carrying a head 32 on its upper end in which is seated a spindle 33, which carries the shield. socket 31- to receive the spindle and above this socket it is made with a concentric enlargement of seat 35 to rccei v a corresponding enlargement or hub 36 on the spindle. This enlarged sl'iouldercd portion of the spindle is provided with a series ot peripherally arranged vertical slots 37 therein which are at 'anged to be engaged l a dog 38', pivoted at 39 on the head. The head is provided with a slot lt) opening into the seat 3.") to permit passage of the dog into engage ment with the hub inclosed within such seat. The nose or point of the dog is prcl'erably disposed on an arc of a circle as indicated at 41 and the slots in the spindle may be correspondingly curved. Also that part between the bearing lugs in which the dog is pivoted is cut away as at +3 to receive the point. of the dog when the dog is tilted down to the dotted line position (Fig. 3). In this position the nose of the dog is free of thoslots in the spindle and the shield may therefore be turned to any desired angle. As soon as released the dog will fall by reason of the weight of its operating handle .60 so as to auton'iatically lock the sjrield in the position to which it has been turned. Disengagement of the spindle from its socket. may be prevented by the use of a This so-called head is made with a lock screw 44:, the point of which engages in an annular groove 45 in the spindle.

The head in which the spindle is mounted may also carry the nut by which the clutch member is ope ated. Thus in Fi 3 the nut is shown forming an integral part of the head, it being connected thereto by arms *6. The nut is thus in this case merely a screw threaded seat in the lower end of the revolnble head. To serve the function of a nut the head makes abutting engagement with the upper end of the hollow post at the point J and the joint at this point may be concealed by providing the head with a downwardly extending flange 48. The head may be turned to adjust the clutch member by any suitable means. It is in the illustration shown provided with an opening 49 to receive the point of a spanner wrench. The head may also be turned by means of the handle (30 when the dog 38 is disengaged from the slots 37.

The shield is preferably mounted in aframe 50 which may be secured to the head of the spindle by engaging it between two. upstanding ea rs St on the top of the spiridle. The preferred manner of securing the shield in this frame is to grip it between pairs of spring clamping fingers or lugs 59. Sufiicient flexibility may be given these fin ers by cutting away the material of the fr me between each pair of such lugs, substantially as indicated at Screws 5st or like fastening means may be employed forl drawing the lugs together into clamping engagement with the shield held therebetween. Pads 55 of felt or like material may be interposed between the lugs and the shield material and shoulders 56 are preferably provided at the lugs to limit the inward movement of the shield in between the lugs and to hold the shield free of engagement with the frame at all points except at the lugs. This structure provides an extremely ornamental mounting for the shield and at the same time renders the replacement of the shield a. very easy matter. Additional lugs (31 may be provided for holding the shield at, the corners of the frame. 1

To get the greatest range of usefulness the shield should extend forwardly from its support a considerable (listainfie. l therefore prefer to support the same at a point in between its (lids but 11 'arcr to the r .arward end. In this way the greater portion of the shield lies forward of the support so that by :nljusting it angularly about the support. the wind coming from practically any direction may be warded otl'.

It will be i1oted that the supporting l'nraclwt is preferably made quite bread, as shown in Fig. 4. This gives the strength and rigidity required, provides a wide and firm gripping jointbetween the bracket, and Post and at the same time allows for a cer Leeann be. obtained by a simple angular adjustment of the shield, then the shield may be shifted bodily in eitherdirection until just the right etlect secured.

ll hile I have so far found it desirable to locate the shield carrying support at the end of the seat, I would have it understood that it may be located at other points, as may be found most suitable. Thus it might be lo eated at the rear of the seat, in which case it would be disposed between the rear edge of the seat cushion and the back cushion. 30th these possible arrangements are clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and E2, the shield at the rightin Fig. 2 and shown in detail in Fig. being disposed at the rear edge of the seat 'ith its supporting bracket engaged in bevxeen he rear edge of the seat cushion and be ba k i l i.

cushion, while the shield shown at Y L n Fig disposed at the end of the seat and with its supporting bracket interposed in between the end edge of the seat cushion and the backcushion which at that point forms the arm rest and constitutes the end of the seat. This latter is the preferred arrangement because it provides a greater possible range of adjustment of the shield. stnother advantage of this arrangement is that the bracket, lying as it does between the end of the seat cushion and the arm rest is disposed longitudinally of the car and therefore when the clamp is loosened the whole shield may be adjusted either forwardly or rearwardly. I have "used the term back cushion as a convenient expression for describing the upright cushion lying at the rear and ends of the seat for providing the back rest and arm supports and the expression will therefore be construed in the broadest sense in which it is used.

What I claim is: 1

1. in a vehicle, a seat having a back and side arms, upright cushions for the back and side arms extending downward substantially to the seat and a seat cushion resting on the seatwith its edges fitting closely against the lower edge of the upright cushions, a supporting bracket secured to the seat beneath the seat cusnion and adjacent to one of the upright cushions, a post carried by said bracket disposed between said upright cushion and the edge of the seat cushion, ext awling upwardly above the seat cushion and ng relatively close against said upright isliion to be thereby out of the way of the rivcupant of the seat, -an angularly adjustable transparent wind shield mounted on the post and conveniently accessible means for securing the wind shield in different angular a dj ustments.

2. In an automobile wind shield, the com bination of asupporting bracket arranged, for attachment to the bodyportion of an automobile and provided with a hook on its upper end, a post. resting upon the hooked upper end of the bracket and provided with a downwardly extending part engaging the f side of the bracket, a dependent clutch meme her carried by the post, engaging the oppo' siteside of the bracket and making wedgbracket, means for drawing the clutch melll: her into firm engagement with the hook whereby to -clamp the post upon the bracket and a wind shield mounted upon the upper end of the posh. j

3. In an automobile ,wind shield, the C0111- bination of an. upstanding supporting bracket arranged fo attachinent to the body portion of an autdniobile and provided with a hook on its upper end, a hollow post rest- 35 ing upon the hooked upper end of the bracket and provided with a downwardly extending part engaging one side of the bracket, a dependent clutch membercar Y ricd by the post, engaging the opposite side oo of the bracket and making 'wedging engagement beneath the hook on the bracket, a i

screw rod fixed to the clutch member and extending up through the hollow post, a

rotatable head seated in the upper .end of the post, making abutting engagement with the end of the post and provided with a screw threaded scatreceiving the threaded end of the rod and a shield member mounted on the head.

4. In an automobile wind shield, the combination of a one-piece supporting bracket made with a broad lat base, an upright portion bent up from the base and a hook turned down at the upper edge" of such uprig'l'it 10.5

portion, a post resting upon the upper edge of the bracket and having a backing part, an adjustable clamping hook carried by he post and engaging beneath the hook on the supporting bracket opposite said backing part, a shield carrying member rotatably adjustable on the post and means for scouring said member in adjusted position upon the post.

5. In an automobile wind shield, the combination of a support having a flat base so.- cured to the seat of the automobile and an upright portion extending up between the back cushion and the edge of the seat cushion, said u 'irigh't portion being inclined 12:?

at its lower end to substantially fit the inclination of the lower end of the back cushion, so as' not to interfere with the seat cushion being pushed back into proper en-.

gagement with the back cushion, an angularly adjustable shield member mounted vupon the support and means for securing said shield member in its adjusted position. *6. In an automobile wind shield, the combination of a supporting post, a head on no i g engagement beneath the 110015011 the;

the upper end of the post provided with a shouldered seat having an opening in one side thereof, a spindle rotatably engaged in said seat and )rovided with a peripheral series of slots therein, a shield member carried by said spindle and a pivoted dog carried by the post having a part arranged to project through the opening in the side of the seat into engagement with any one of the peripheral slots in the spindle for looking the same.

7. In an automobile wind shield, the combination of a supporting post, a head on the upper end of the post provided with a shouldered seat having an opening in one side thereof and with a spindle socket below.the seat, a rotatable spindle engaged in the'socket, provided with a shouldered enlargement engaged in the seat aforesaid and having a peripheral series of slots therein, a dog pivoted on the head arranged in one position to project through the opening in the seat into engagement with one of the slots in the enlargement 011 the spindle and a shield member. carried by the spindle.

8. In an automobile wind shield, the combination of a hollow post, a head rotatably seated in the post in abutting engagement with the upper end thereof, a screw-threaded seat in the lower portion of the head, a screw rod passing up through the post and engaged in said seat, a supporting bracket, a clutch member connected with the lower end of the screw rod and engaging the supporting bracket whereby to secure the post upon such bracket, a spindle rotatably seated in the head andprovided with a peripherally slotted portion also received within the head, a pivoted dog on the head arranged to project inwardly into engagement with the slots in the spindle. and a shield member carried by the spindle.

9. An automobile wind shield comprising a supporting bracket, a hollow post engaged with said bracket, a memben carried by the post, arranged for clamping engagement with the bracket, a connection from said clamping member extending up through the hollow post, means mounted in thetop of the post engaging the said connection for operating the clamping member, a shield member rotatably mounted onthe post and means also mounted at the top-of the post for securing the shield position thereon. I v

10 In a vehicle having firont and rear seats, the rear seat having aback and side arms with cushions, a transparent wind shield, a post for supporting said shield and a base bracket for said post secured to the rear seat beneath its cushion.

CHAS. ROCKWELL CLARK.

Witnesses P. N. PRIOR, A. A. MoLEoDL membei'gin adj usted, 

